1808: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney’s campaign sends history’s first fundraising email, requesting 75 cents to “help defeat the scourge of the Embargo Act of 1807.” Note: 75 cents would be around $14 in today’s dollars.
1828: Andrew Jackson’s campaign asks supporters to “give a Jackson to stand with Jackson.” This failed because Andrew Jackson was not yet on the $20 bill and no one had any clue what he was talking about.
1924: Calvin Coolidge earns the nickname “Silent Cal” after his web team accidentally sends out a blank fundraising email. (It does surprisingly well.)
2025: You (or someone like you) donates $5, $10, or even $20 to keep supporting the best candidates and causes through Midwest Values PAC—the ones who believe in fairness, justice, and equal opportunity for all.
I know it might not seem like that last one fits in with the other great moments in fundraising email history (especially since I made them all up). But this is the kind of stuff that matters when you’re fighting to save democracy from Trump and his henchmen.
And one of the best ways to fight? You guessed it. Donating to MVP so we can continue to identify the candidates and organizations where our efforts will have the biggest impact. That’s how we win.
